大学英语考试选词填空

选词填空

15

题共

30

分

Unit 1

1)

Young as she is , Mary is very good at

handing

difficult customers.

2)

After

explaining

his

plan

in

great

detail.

Bob

summarized

its

main

points

in

a

few

sentences.

3)

The newly- elected government has begun the painful

process

of working out its policies

and strategies.

4)

At first, Tom found it difficult to

absorb

what his teachers said in class.

5)

You

are bound to

fail the exam if you don’t do any revision.

6)

Please

feel free

to call on us whenever you like.

7)

There are jobs more dangerous than truck driving,

for instance,

training lions.

8)

The

marketing

department

is

working

on

new

strategies

to

improve

the

company’s

share of the market.

9)

Many of the students complained that the exam was too hard.

10)

After reading the text three times, the clever boy

has committed

it

to memory

.

11)

The doctor insisted that everything would be alright.

Nevertheless,

I cannot help feeling

anxious about the safety of the child.

12)

Nowadays we

rely

more and more

on

computers to help us in doing everything,

13)

Apart from

being fun ang good exercise, swimming is a very useful skill.

14)

After spending a year in Australia, the little girl has gained quite a good

command

of

spoken English.

Unit 2

1)

T

hough she is nearly 65, Mary doesn’t want to

retire

.

2)

Tom invented a

device

to make the door shut by itself.

3)

I

’ll

contact

you by telephone when I hear anything new.

4)

The boy

conquered

his fear of the dark and walked alone in the woods at night.

5)

He gave up his seat on the bus to an old woman standing

nearby

.

6)

Do you believe that a 15-year-old girl has translated this English story into Chinese

all

by herself?

7)

The whole journey was a

nightmare

; we lost our luggage and we arrived two days late.

8)

He is a man of great ability. I am sure that a lot will be

accomplished

if he is elected

chairman of the student union.

9)

Jack arrived an hour late for the meeting.

Moreover

, he didn’t ever apologize or give

ang explanation.

10)

He says you are

by far

the best candidate.

11)

In

those

days

the

Portuguese

were

trying

to

reach

India

by

sailing

round

Africa,

but

Columbus

was determined

to prove that India could be reached by sailing west.

12)

The boat

turned over

, throwing the boys into the water.

13)

Fortunately

, the fire was discovered soon after it had started.

14)

Payment may be made in any of the

following

ways: by cash, by cheque, or by credit

card.

15)

In spite of

all the efforts they did not succeed.

Unit 3

1)

If

you

have

worked

hard

at

other

times

,

you

won’t

have

set

up

all

night

before

the

exam.

2)

I think we should let Mary go champing with her classmates.

After all

, she is a big girl

now.

3)

Since you are so busy, you do need a very

efficient

secretary.

4)

As a fireman, you must be ready to

endure

hardships and even suffer death.

5)

They did a lot of

extra

work but refused to take ang

extra

pay.

6)

Let’s go to the park. It’s just

round the corner

.

7)

Prof. Smith is not a strange

r to us. We’ve met him on several

occasions

.

8)

Jim had a

minor

problem with his car, but he fixed it himself.

9)

They’ve

arranged

for her to be operated on by the best doctor.

10)

Our history professor explained the

primary

cause of the First World War.

11)

The old lady likes to be alone, and only goes out on very

rare

occasions.

12)

He hasn’t got enough clothes on—look, he’s

trembling

with cold.

13)

After much thought, we

reluctantly

agreed to let him go.

14)

To the old lady’s great

disappointment

Myra did not come, nor did she send her any

present.

Unit 4

1)

Being a sailor

involves

long periods of time away from home.

2)

The mayor put forward a

proposal

to improve public transportation.

3)

Both parents should take equal responsibility for the

emotional

needs of their children.

4)

At first glance

the essay looked quite good, but actually it was full of mistakes.

5)

Though

Washington,

D.C.

is

the

seat

of

government

of

the

United

States,

New

York

actually

the nation’s most important city.

6)

He was so

disturbed

to hear of his mother’s illness that he could no longer concentrate

on his studies.

7)

A

typical

summer day in that area is hot and dry.

8)

Mr. Smith kept thinking hard, but failed to

come up with

a workable plan.

9)

Enid considered teaching a

worthwhile

career.

10)

Einstein once said:

“

Imagination

is more important than knowledge.

”

11) The government is taking effective measures to overcome

current

difficulties.

12) The house in our

neighborhood

are very expensive.

13) I am afraid that the

gap

between rich ang poor is still widening in our country.

14) His spare-time

program

includes cooking, tennis and swimming.

Unit 5

1)

A typical example of this kind of dinosaur is shown in the

illustration

at the top of the

page.

2)

The story

is

beautifully

illustrated

and is sure to attract children of all ages.

3)

There are plastic and wooden garden chairs but

the latter

are more expensive.

4)

Frank

enclosed

a letter with the English novel which he sent to me.

5)

Do you think Helen has the right

qualifications

for the job?